Comment on lemm.ee plans for mitigating image upload abuse

• Pacers31Colts18@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Is there a fediverse instance of Imgur?

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  • TWeaK@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    No, but there’s nothing stopping you from using direct links from imgur, in traditional fashion.

    It’s a little bit convoluted, though. You have to post the image, then hover over and select “Get share links”, and then pick the image for BB code (forums). This has the [img] tags at the start and finish, but importantly it has the direct link to the image file. If you use this on lemmy then it will load in the instance, rather than directing to imgur itself.

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    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Imgur is deleting images over a certain age posted anonymously. And they might continue to decrease the number of images they keep to try to be closer to profitability. So that will be bad for longevity of content.

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      • winterwulf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        reddit is the new imgur. I post stuff to my reddit profile grab the image link and post here. let spezz pay the bill for hosting our images.

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    • nosurprises@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That solution sounds a bit too complicated.

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      That produces https://i.imgur.com/4K8r2Bo.png

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  • Hubi@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I’ve seen people link to uploads on Pixelfed, though this is probably not the intended use case.

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  • Bongles@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Not yet but I wish there was. I use imgur quite a lot and I like the idea of a fediverse version. Especially with the direction they’ve gone lately.

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